[caption id="attachment_2521053" align="aligncenter" width="550"] It’s estimated that one out of every three homes in the United States has some version of Scrabble in it.[/caption] Scrabble. Chances are, you’ve played it and found yourself wracking your brain over a rack of tiles that seems to only spell out “XYNOBIS” or “ZURENAR.” If you’re like me, you are too prideful...

[caption id="attachment_2521039" align="alignright" width="300"] Our lives have become digitized and password protected, and when we die, access to our accounts and rights to the contents thereof die with us—unless we make digital access part of our estate plan.[/caption] Our lives have become digitized and password protected, and when we die, access to our accounts and rights to the...

[caption id="attachment_2521017" align="aligncenter" width="550"] We—Jason T. Smith (left) and Bryan Goodman—want to share some of our thrifting secrets that helped us build our reselling empires, so every month, we will provide some the inside scoop on how to thrift, buy and sell better. If you put these tips into practice, you’ll soon be a thrifting dynamo.[/caption] We are...

[caption id="attachment_2521002" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Despite heavy calcification and crystallization throughout, a Chinese Hongshan Culture jade ware piece a little more than a foot long and six inches wide is expected to bring a staggering $300,000 to $400,000 in the upcoming Fine Asian Carvings & Works of Art Auction, slated for Sept. 20 at Elite Decorative Arts.[/caption] BOYNTON BEACH,...

[caption id="attachment_2520997" align="alignright" width="300"] If you have a baseball card collection and would like it to go to your grandson, you had better prepare your last will and testament to make sure bequeathed items or collections go where you want them to go and not end up in probate.[/caption] To some, leaving behind a meaningful legacy upon death...

[caption id="attachment_2520992" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Ryan Servant, who offers the Brimfield Flea Finder, is interviewed by local Brimfield media about his app.[/caption] In this edition of the Antiques Auction Forum, I have a chat with app developer Ryan Servant, who offers the Brimfield Flea Finder free to attendees of the granddaddy of all antique shows. Listen in to learn...

[caption id="attachment_2520842" align="alignleft" width="210"] This copy of Action Comics #1—graded in 9.0 condition with white pages—set a world record for comic book prices, selling for $3,207,752 on eBay in an auction that ended Sunday evening.[/caption] As expected, the final 10 minutes of the eBay auction selling the highest-rated Action Comics #1—the first appearance of Superman—were as exciting as an Internet...

[caption id="attachment_2520977" align="alignright" width="216"] Batman’s first appearance sells for north of $1 million in higher grade condition.[/caption] So, you want to collect comics? Collecting comics seems easy in theory. Just go out and buy a pile and, boom, you’ve got a collection, right? Well, sort of. As someone who has spent the last 15 years looking through piles,...

[caption id="attachment_2520962" align="alignright" width="215"] This is the first of its kind: a high relief proof gold Kennedy half dollar, struck in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the John F. Kennedy half dollar and contains ¾ oz. of 24kt gold.[/caption] Since its very inception some 50 years ago, the Kennedy half dollar remains for many a valued and...